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Well, lots of terrible news coming at us from every angle, as usual. And things clearly are getting worse as each day passes. Yet we’re still alive despite the engulfing storm.

The good news which cannot be overcome is this:

“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”

John 14:6

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Russian coy statement the attack was by the CIS appears to absolve Ukraine since they're not technically a member, currently. Used to be.

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Russia wants Ukraine, China wants Taiwan. I predict joe will be much less enthusiastic about defending Taiwan. They need to make a deal with hunter.

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Great content as usual.

This isn't your fault, but I'm still complaining... I see a lot of news, linked here and elsewhere, that is only available as video without transcription. I don't have the patience (or often even the free time) to sit through videos which take 5x as long to watch as it would take me to read the transcript or a similar content text article.

Frustrating. I don't at all understand why people like video news so much. Drives me batty sometimes trying to find specific information in a readable format.

But again, not your fault. Just venting. I suspect some other folks who also don't have a heavy tv watching background may feel the same way.

Thanks for all the work you put into collecting and sharing this data.

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Fewer people can read these days. Even utube is losing ground to the more simple minded tic-tac.

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I like it, I just start the video and listen to it while I’m doing my woodworking projects.

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This does seem a little strange with Russia sending mixed messages. I really do not know what to make of it at this time. Putin might just be another actor in all of this playing his role. His country does have central banking and the big banks are often a vehicle for all of this Great Reset nonsense. Who knows?

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Me too.

I will always err on the side of caution with him (Putin) and his government.

I am reading a book called Mr. Putin by Fiona Hill, and it is a book with as little bias as possible.

In Chapter two, the author states that Putin aims to revive the Tsarist Monarchical system of ruling, however based on a constitution.

The book states that the Russian oligarchs sees Russia as a force to bring balance to the World, and as such we can safely reduce that’s what is happening, currently.

The US will fall -- used and abused -- like a dead horse that keeps getting whipped. In the mean time, the ruling class needs to create a narrative to cushion the shock -- and Russia and the Eastern bloc is that shock therapy.

Just my two cents. I might be wrong.

Like the late comedian George Carlin have said:

“It’s a big club, and you ain’t int it!”

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Before you spend any money buying a book it’s v important to do research on the author and what they’ve been saying over last 3 years.

Fiona Hill is a deep state actor from NSA. She is yet another one who broadcast the Bad boy Putin narrative.

That he wants to reinstate Tsarist Russia is propaganda. What he wants is to not be surrounded by WMD Incl nuclear warheads on his borders. Nor does he want ethnic Russian attacks in Ukraine from districts that voted against alignment with US/UK government (Eastern Districts voted for self autonomy like Scotland and Wales). See what happened in 2014 and even further back with Soros/Clinton/Biden/Nuland activity.

If you want a balanced view read all sides. There is no such thing as unbiased. There are those that blame NATO’s aggression like UK Column https://www.ukcolumn.org/ , and brilliant analysts at The Duran https://theduran.com/

Then there’s pro-Russian with great SITREP: The Vineyard of the Saker. https://thesaker.is/ As for West’s view see mirrored chattering on MSM.

Who or what is Putin? He’s not the saviour of the Christian world. He was KGB and anti-Oligarch. But as he’s going for full digital panopticon in Russia one can only conclude he’s signed up!

I always seek out Hrvoje Moric on TNT podcasts (new radio station that has best analysts in med, geopolitics and economics). https://tntradio.live/shows/the-hrvoje-moric-show/

He also has a show called Geopolitics and Empire. https://geopoliticsandempire.com/

PS in certain locations it may be difficult to access above sites. And searches blocked too.

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“Who or what is Putin? He’s not the saviour of the Christian world. He was KGB and anti-Oligarch. But as he’s going for full digital panopticon in Russia one can only conclude he’s signed up!”

My thoughts exactly.

Yes Fiona Hill is deep state.

Thanks for your advice on buying books and finding out the author’s background.

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Good observations on your part. Putin is complicated and may be many things, but he is not dumb. I feel that all of these people who underestimate him, do so at their own peril. I also think that he and Trump were alike in many ways.

These are only some of my thoughts and opinions. Thanks for the heads up on the book, I will check it out.

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Sure.

It’s an easy read.

By the way, I’ll just end the convo here with this:

Nobody knows much about him before he because President in 2000.

What I know about him from the book is that, he was the only surviving child, he trained in martial arts during his teen.

He studied in Leningrad Uni under a Prof. Anatoly Sobchak.

He then (amazingly) joined the KGB (now FSB) as a ‘case agent.’

He became a mayor once and then somehow rose through the ranks to be PM when Yeltsin was president.

I can’t fully remember the details because that book is FLOODED with dates and events.

Have a good day.

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Fuck off

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